Democracy Now Available from Matrix Games!

January 18, 2007

Democracy Now Available from
Matrix Games!

Do YOU have what it takes to run
a country?

Matrix Games Tri Synergy, Inc., and
Positech Games are thrilled to announce that Democracy is now available for
purchase from Matrix Games! As the first release of the 2008 election year, the
fully updated version of this political strategy gem is now available for
worldwide download.

David Heath, Director of Operations
at Matrix Games, said of the release, “This game puts the quote ‘Democracy is
the worst form of government except for all those other forms…’ into
perspective. Democracy is as addictive as it is realistic as players struggle to
keep everyone happy and in the process make everyone angry too!”

Shane Nestler from Tri Synergy also
added, “We’re very pleased to be working with Matrix Games in bringing this
unique strategy game to digital download. Now gamers looking to snag a copy of
Democracy over the internet can use Matrix Games’ safe and reliable system.”

Democracy is an intelligent and
sophisticated game that will entertain you, but could also teach you a thing or
two about politics as well. You may think that politics is about sticking to
your principles no matter what, but in Democracy you'll quickly see just how
easy it is to "compromise" those principles to keep your seat in government and
how hard it is to balance the conflicting priorities of your constituents.

Democracy starts with you in the
role of President (or Prime Minister) of a modern country. Choose from twelve
real countries, ranging from the United States to Australia. The object of the
game is to stay in power as long as possible while pursuing policies that will
turn your country into your definition of a utopia.

As the game progresses, you
influence your constituent groups by putting new policies into place, changing
existing policies and dealing with new and unexpected dilemmas. There are dozens
of different policy areas in several general categories, including Foreign
Affairs, Public Services, Taxes, Transport, Welfare and so on. Different voting
groups will have very different and often conflicting views as to which policies
are desirable. If you make your voters mad enough, in some countries you may
even face the threat of revolution or assassination, so watch your step!

Features of Democracy include:

Plenty of never-before-seen events
and dilemmas, some of which may seem similar to recent world events…

Choose from twelve different
real-world countries

Manage each turn of government
development including policy changes, population agenda, re-election and
control of legislature, budget decisions, satisfaction of constituent groups

Over 80 different policy changes,
each with an emphasis slider you can create a limitless number of political
combinations to push whatever agenda you wish

Can you keep your voters happy while
keeping the budget balanced? Will you be re-elected or viewed as a one term
failure? Play Democracy and find out!

Get more information on Democracy
from its official Matrix Games
webpage.